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' 1,640,308 1927' A. J. BECKER AUTOMATIC STEVEDORE TRUCK BRAKE Filed Jan. 26. 1927 Z Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WITNESSES allenJBeeker M M I v;

ATTORNEY 7 Aug. 23,

J. BECKER AUTOMATIC STEVEDORE TRUCK BRAKE Filed Jan. 26. 1927 2 SheetsSheet 2 i 1.; i ,5 J 5 l I E I 1 1 I 9 "'K i a .9 8 .2 I L I w i ,INVENTOR Jlllen JBecker ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

. UNITED STA S ALLEN J. BECKER, OF UPPER MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed January 26, 1927. Serial No. 163,742.

This invention relates to automaticfsteve- A represents a truck which we will asdore truck brakes. b An object of the invention is to provide a brake which may be attached to the ordinary stevedore truck and which will be automatic in operation. and controlled by the pitch or angular disposition of the truck or handles of the truck so as to function when the brake is moved in either direction.

A further object is toprovide a truck brake of this character which can be, controlled by the movement of the handles of the truck so as to ease the load on an incline, permitting the truck to travel at the speed desired and functioning to automatically stop the truck in the event that the workman trips or falls so as to prevent the possibility of running over or injuring him.

A fiiirther object is to provide a brake of this character which prevents, the truck from tilting over or kicking backward and which securely holds the truck in loading or unloading position so that the truck cannot accidentally move in either direction.

A further object is to provide a brake of this character which results in lowering the insurance rate of the laborer, and which saves labor because one man may operate the truck in places where several men have been heretofore required.

liturther object is to provide a brake of this character which may be easily and quickly attached to the standard type of truck, which will be comparatively cheap to manufacture and which will most efliciently perform the functions for which it is intended. j" j i -With "these and'otherobjects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations and arrangem-ents of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims, I v

- In the accompanying drawings Figure-1 is a fragmentaryview in longitudinal section showing my improved brake on a stevedore truck, the brake being'shown as applied andheld in braking position bythe weight of the forward portion of. the truck; Figure 2 is a similar View showing the truck in loading position;

Figure 3 is a similar View showingthe truck in position for travel;

Figure 4 is a View in transverse section on the line l-4l of Figure l.

sume is the ordinary stevedore truck having forwardly projecting handles 1 and sup ported on an axle 2 which is mounted in wheels 3. I i g I On the axle 2 I secure a pair of shackles send these shackles 4' have their upper loifurcated portions forwardly projected and supporting a transverse pivot pinybolt or other ainalogousdevice 5. VVhil-e this pin 5 preferably constitutes a bolt I shall he reinafter refer to it as a pinywith the understanding that this language is employed "to include any device which maybe used for thepurpose. Y

I preferably utilize a pair of brake devices for each wheel, and as these brake devices are precisely alike" except that they are rights and lefts, the description hereinafter as to'one brake device and its operation will apply alike to both.

Each brake device comprises a brake bar 6 which is shaped somewhat after the manner of an inverted fork, the intermediate portion of the bar having a slot 7 therein through which the1pin5 projects.

The forward leg of the brake bar carries a brake shoe 8 and the rear bifurcated end 9 of the brake bar carries a relativelyheavy roller 10, it being understood that this roller supporting the rear end of the bar is heavier than the forward end of the bar.

The brake shoe 8 constitutes both a ground or floor engaging device and a wheel engag ing device so thatit is in. effect a chuck, and the forward portions of the brake bars are laterally ofiset so as to dispose these shoes 8 in front of the wheels 3.

On thetruck A in advance of the axle 2 I securea pair'of depending legs 11, the lower ends ofthese legs being notched, as shown at 12,150 as to engage the torward corners of the brake shoes 8, and when the load is on the truck and the brake is in the posi tion shown in Figurel these legs 11 will bear downwardly and rearwardly on the shoes 8 and crush the shoes against the ground and against the peripheries of the Wheels 3, causing them to prevent anymovemerit of the truck in either direction.

. It will be noted that the shoes 8 at their forwardand rearward portions'have their under facesbeveled, as indicated at 13, to allow the shoes to ride over anuneven place or obstruction on the floor or ground.

I would call particular attention to the disposition of the slot 7. It will be seen, particularly by reference to Figure 1, that this slot 7 has its longitudinal walls disposed at an angle to the ground and also at an angle tothe diameter of the wheel, so that as the walls of the slot ride-upon the pins there will be a certainamount of cam action which causes the brake'bar's to lift or move downwardly in accordance with the direction of movement, and by reason of the fact that the pins 5 are forwardly offset the shoes 13 and the'rollers are caused to move automatically in the direction and into the positions which will now be described and which are clearly illustratedin the several figures in the drawings. e

As above stated, Figure l illustratesthe brake shoes 8 in holding position utilizing the weight of the truck and the-load thereon to force the shoes against the floor or ground a ii itbf' n a f i hltfi wheel ie rih shoest'snstiture "cheeks? When the-'fdiward ends of the handles 1 are elevate'tl ttil s tienis vwli in. Fi es "the a W 1 r frained c fe-stag the: terms 11 the slot he" nannies b are elevate biir i'ies" $"an'd' rile eni so th'at'tlie'truelrfniay'becon I y from place to place and carry the 'l'oa d h er n ea e -z, As he ro s? answf the a er t eyiwiu prevent auydowiiw a I of the shoesfi. f cohise these rollefrsln ia engi e "the=' ,rqantrfrom time to tiinei'buttliis harness a1 a gejas tliick'wiienf'beingfi eted(we the] vel WW M .1 nlh In order toconitrol' the speed ofth t on an incline it liiecessaryjoqthe wqrkmanto e l l l L Ora i i hen i i ei ayi' easire m rain s rie ie aibbfi f i i 'i w i 1 5w. t uie flo s avail; p ft lower the fo ward il' aric s' sj moved to l ad ng1pos1t1on, as indicate 7,"

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Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form OflllQ parts described without departing from the inven tion and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims. I claim:

1 A: brake of the character described, comprising a'brake bar adapted to be pivotally and movably "mounted on the axle of a truck, a brake shoe at the forward end or the brake bar and a ground-engaging member at the rear end of the brake bar.

. vsing brake bar'a'dapted to be"piv= L and"movahly' monnted on 'tlie "axle 2'1 "truck, a brak -shoe fat the forward end oi the brakebar; a" ground engag'ing roller at the rein-end oi t'he'ba'i' andal'egdepeiic'h fron'i -'-the truck and adapted 'to' engage .1 lncoinbinat-ioh with a stevedoretrucli, o'iwafpair' of shackles secured to the axle oi'the truck 'p'inssupported by s'iid' shacl' les, "like rs having slots intermediate ends receivingdhe"pins, brake "shoes f i vardien dsof the barsfairdrollers the rear ends ofthe' bars; In combination with 'a' stevedor'e truck, a pair o'fsh ackles secured to 'the "axle of the truck, pins supporte'd' by said shackles, brake bars havingslots intermediate ,t-h i r ends jj 're'ceiving 1 the 'pin's',i' brake sli'oesjat the forwardends ofithe bars, and liililiS "atftlfe I r ends of"the bars, said piv ot 'piiis forw. ly offset relative to the H I, l u i an: 1, 5. In combination with a stevedoretruck, ofa pair of shacklessecured to*'the a'xle the truck pins supported by said shackles, bral'ief'bars having slotsinterme diate t'lieir 'ends 'ceiving' the pinsybrake shoes the fo'rward ends of the"bars,- a nd rollers at the rear ends of t-he hars, pivot pins torwardly oflfsetflrelative to the axle and said slots having theirlongitu'di- T, jyallshng'ulaifly disposed relative tou the iii-oh'hdafid thefdiam'eterj'of tlie 'wheels; 61" In combination with a?- stevedore truck, of apair' (if-shacklesfsecure'd to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said' shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins; brake: shoes; at the forward ends of, the: bars, rollers the rear ends of the bars, ,and legs" fixed to the truck and adapted to-= engage theshoes-'when'the forward portion of the-trfick is in its'lo'west position.

spirit and brakefiof the character described;

7. In combination with a stevedore truck, of a pair of shackles secured to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins, brake shoes at the forward ends of the bars, rollers at'the rear ends of the bars, said pivot pins forwardly offset relative to the axle, and legs fixed to the truck and adapted to engage the shoes when the forward portion of the truck is in its lowest position.

8. In combination with a stevedore truck, of a pair of shackles secured to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins,'brake shoes at the forward ends of the bars, rollers at the rear ends of the bars, said pivot pins forwardly offset relative to the axle, and said slots having their longitudinal walls angularly disposed relative to the ground and the diameter of the wheels, and legs fixed to the truck and adapted to engage the shoes when the forward portion of the truck is in its lowest position.

9. In combination with a stevedore truck, of a pair of shackles secured to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins, brake shoes at the forward ends of the bars, and rollers at the rear ends of the bars, said bars at their forward portions laterally offset whereby the shoes are positioned in front of the wheels, said shoes constituting chucks and having beveled or inclined lower portions at both ends thereof.

10. In combination with a stevedore truck, of a pair of shackles secured to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins, brake shoes at the forward ends of the bars, and rollers at the rear ends of the bars, said pivot pins forwardly offset relative to the axle, said bars at their forward portions laterally offset whereby the shoes are positioned in front ofthe wheels, said shoes constituting chucks and having beveled or inclined lower portions at both ends thereof.

11.,1n combination with a stevedore truck, of a pair of shackles secured to the axle of the truck, pins supported by said shackles, brake bars having slots intermediate their ends receiving the pins, brake shoes at the forward ends of the bars, and rollers at the rear ends of the bars, said pivot pins forwardly offset relative to the axle, and said slots havingtheir longitudinal walls angularly disposed relative to the ground and the diameter of the wheels, said bars attheir forward portions laterally offset whereby the shoes are positioned in front of the wheels, said shoes constituting chucks and having beveled or inclined lower portions atboth ends thereof.

ALLEN J. BECKER. 

